Cinematographic system

ABSTRACT

A cinematographic system for a simultaneous projection of different films or movies, comprising two or more exhibition rooms integrally grouped, a common main hall and a common access passageway to the exhibition rooms, a common projection machinery room, a common space for housing electric cables, drainages or similar and an also common space, for air conditioning, heating and the like facilities.

United States Patent 1191 Bankston 52/6 Penaloza July 16; 1974 CINEMATOGRAPHIC SYSTEM 3,685,220 8/1972 Morrison 52/8 [76] Inventor: Arturo Castrejon Penaloza Vicente Guerrero No. 19, Acapulco, Mexico Pr'mary Exammer"'Jhn Murtagh Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Ladas, Parry, Von Gehr, Flledi F 12, 1973 Goldsmith & Deschamps [21] Appl. No.: 331,395

1 I [57] ABSTRACT [52] US. Cl. 52/6 A cinematographic system for a simultaneous pmjec' 51 Int. Cl E04h 3/10 diffefemfilms or mvies, comprising 0P [58] Field of Search '52/6, 8 more exhibition rooms integrally grouped a common main hall and a common access passageway to the ex- 5 References Cited hibition rooms, a common projection machinery UNITED STATES PATENTS room, a common space for housing electric cables, drainages or similar and an also common space, for air conditioning, heating and the like facilities. 7 slessjsm 6/1972 3 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures PATENTEDJUL x BISH Big-.517

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The national cinematographic industry isat present under aserious crisis with respect to exhibition rooms due to the fact that heretofore, in our country, there have been used exhibition rooms with a fixed and determined capacity for a maximum of persons attending this type of show. In other words, all present exhibition rooms are generally of considerable dimensions and in view of the system of exhibiting a motion picutre during a determined period of time, a considerable loss is incurred when this motion picture is not liked by the publie and also, a continuous change of program or movie to be exhibited results uneconomical.

In view of the above, it can be considered that here tofore the exhibition rooms generally have ahigh percentage of vacant seats, which reflect in substantial losses with respect to the capital invested and this, to gether with expenses for operators and maintenance of the exhibition room, produces almost uneconomical results for the owner of the'exhibition room.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION Therefore, it is an object of this invention to provide a constructional system for movie exhibition rooms, that allow to reduce to a minimum the vacant seats and to simultaneously reduce the operating and maintenance personnel of the exhibition rooms, thereby providing a better yield of the capital invested in this type of constructions.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a constructional system for exhibition rooms including a plurality of low seat capacity rooms integrally grouped, providing the possibilityof exhibiting different motion pictures in every one of them and to exchange same, depending on the assistance of the public to same. 7 I I It is another object of the invention to provide a constructional system for movie exhibition rooms, in which the costs for air conditioningand maintenance equipment are reduced due to its common distribution.

The amount of spare parts needed for maintenance purposes is minimum and inclusively the personnel can be reduced and, on theother hand, the public is able to enjoy, in only one location, diversifiedprograms.

These and other objects that are obtained in the practice of this invention will be better understood and appreciated reading the following description making reference to the attached drawings of the specific embodiments of the instant invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view of one of the exhibition rooms constituting the improved building of the instant invention in which that part corresponding to the antechamher is detailed.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an exhibition room corresponding to the proper exhibition room, the middle part of which substantially corresponds to the upper FIG. 4 is a plan view of the constructional system of the instant invention showing eight exhibition rooms in tandem according to the improved constructional system of the instant invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates several distribution embodiments of integral exhibition rooms of the improved constructional system of the instant invention.-

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In an embodiment of the improved constructional system of the instant invention a. main hall 17 is included having sufficient entrances depending on the capacity of the system, in which main hall 17 there are included a plurality of ticket offices 18 where the entrance tickets can be acquired for each one of the different exhibition rooms and an access passageway 2 is also included, which passageway 2 is common to each of the entrances of the plurality of exhibition rooms 11 of the constructional system of the instant invention. Each of the exhibition rooms 11 can have automatic swivel entrances 3 and one-way exits 4 that will provide accessto an antechamberi or vestibule 5,wherein a candy shop 7 can be installed, and wherein steel ramps 6 are included leading to the exhibition room 11 where rows of seats 12 are located, symetrically and in an up-' ward level as regards the optic axis 13 of eachroom, that undoubtedly includes a screen 14. In the lower part of the location of the seats 12,,at the bottom of the vestibule 5 the toilet rooms 8 and the warehouse 9 can be located.

At the upper part of the entrance or access passageway 2 a conduit or intermediate level 15, is located in which all electric cables, drainage or similar ducts are placed. On top of this conduit all along same, a projection machinery room 10 is locatedon whose topa conduit 16 is positioned where the air conditioning, heating and similar equipment is installed.

FIG. 5 shows different arrangements of exhibition rooms of the improved constructional system of the present invention.

Even though thisinvention has been shown and described with respect to specific embodiments thereof, those skilled in the artmust understand that all the above described and any amendment in form or detail, as well as the arrangement or distribution of the exhibition rooms is included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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1. An improved cinematographic constructional system for simultaneously projecting several films and movies, having exhibition rooms adjacent to each other; an access passageway for said exhibition rooms communicating with each of said exhibition rooms; a main hall communicating with said] access passageway; means'for entering and leaving said. main hall; ticket offices located'in said main hall; a projection machinery room located above said access passageway and communicating with each exhibition room; housing means for electricalcables and the like and for air conditioning, heating and similar equipment for servicing each exhibition room; wherein the improvement comprises vestibules which are provided in each exhibition room communicatingwith said access passageway, said vestibules including in the portions thereof communicating with said access passageway corresponding individual automatic swivel entrance doors and one way exits; toiv let rooms which are provided for each exhibition room,

4 2. A system according to claim 1 in which individual shops are provided in said vestibules.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein each exhibition room has two levels, the lower level containing said vestibule, and the upper level being at the rear of the exhibition room and providing to communication thereof with said projection machinery room. 

1. An improved cinematographic constructional system for simultaneously projecting several films and movies, having exhibition rooms adjacent to each other; an access passageway for said exhibition rooms communicating with each of said exhibition rooms; a main hall communicating with said access passageway; means for entering and leaving said main hall; ticket offices located in said main hall; a projection machinery room located above said access passageway and communicating with each exhibition room; housing means for electrical cables and the like and for air conditioning, heating and similar equipment for servicing each exhibition room; wherein the improvement comprises vestibules which are provided in each exhibition room communicating with said access passageway, said vestibules including in the portions thereof communicating with said access passageway corresponding individual automatic swivel entrance doors and one way exits; toilet rooms which are provided for each exhibition room, said toilet rooms being located matingly with said vestibules opposite to the portions thereof communicating with said access passageway; warehouses which are provided in mating relationship with said vestibules between said toilet rooms; and ramp means which are provided for ingress and egress to and from said vestibules to the interior of said exhibition rooms.
 2. A system according to claim 1 in which individual shops are provided in said vestibules.
 3. A system according to claim 1, wherein each exhibition room has two levels, the lower level containing said vestibule, and the upper level containing said projection machinery room. 